''No Worse for the Wear'' is the third studio album by Orange County pop punk band
Big Drill Car
Big Drill Car is a punk rock group from Costa Mesa, California, formed in 1987. While the group never gained a mainstream audience, they provided an influence on their contemporaries – most notably ALL, Chemical People and Dag Nasty – along ...
. It is the only album without their classic original line-up, featuring new members Keith Fallis and Darrin Norris. The band reached a little success through the album, if only for a short time before their 13-year break-up, from 1995 to 2008. The release of ''No Worse for the Wear'' would also gain Big Drill Car supporting slots on national and world tours with bands such as
The Offspring
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(who had just released ''
Smash'' to unexpected success and acclaim) and
Guttermouth
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.
The songs "The Shake", "Nogaina", and "What You Believe" were featured, amongst other
Cargo/Headhunter Records artists, in the 1997
Sega Saturn
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/
Sony PlayStation
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game ''
Courier Crisis''.
Like many Big Drill Car albums, ''No Worse for the Wear'' is currently out of print.
Track listing
Personnel
*Frank Daly - Vocals
*Mark Arnold - Guitar
*Darrin Norris - Bass
*Keith Fallis - Drums
Additional personnel
*Bill Stevenson - Producer
*Stephen Egerton - Producer
*Jeff Powell - Engineer
*Jeffrey Reed - Engineer
*John Hampton - Mixing
References
1994 albums
Big Drill Car albums
Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician)
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